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Douglas McGrath

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(1958-2022) Screenwriter, playwright. Douglas McGrath was born in Midland, Texas, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Doris Grumbach

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(1918-2022) Author. Doris Grumbach was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.

Jane Gross

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(1947-2022) Sportswriter. Jane Gross was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in the Bronx, New York.

Brian O’Doherty

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(1928-2022) Art critic, writer. Brian O’Doherty was born in Ballaghaderreen, Ireland, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Jeff Weiss

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(1940-2022) Playwright. Jeff Weiss was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, and died in Macungie, Pennsylvania.

Peter Schjeldahl

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(1942-2022) Critic, poet. Peter Schjeldahl was born in Fargo, North Dakota, and died in Bovina, New York. He wrote for The New Yorker, Art News, The New York Times, and The Village Voice

Lenny Lipton

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(1940-2022) Author, lyricist. Lenny Lipton was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. He wrote the poem on which the song, “Puff the Magic Dragon,” was based.

John Jay Osborn Jr.

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(1945-2022) Author. John Jay Osborn Jr. was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in San Francisco, California. He worked for about a year at the Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler firm in Manhattan, New York, in the late 1960s, and he taught law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University in … Continued

Roxanne Lowit

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(1942-2022) Photographer, author. Roxanne Lowit was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Valhalla, New York.